Day+Four+December+6,+2009

Last night we boarded a plane and flew 1000 miles south from Beijing to the island city of Xiamen (Shaa-men) in the tropical province of Fujian. We spent today touring the beautiful city and visiting with our hosts from the Provincial Bureau of Education.

First we visited the beautiful Nanputuo Temple or the Temple of Mercy. The architecture in these temples is absolutely unbelievable.

Xiamen Island sits directly across the Taiwan Strait from the island of Taiwan. The Chinese still very much consider Taiwan to be Chinese territory and this sentiment is evident everywhere in Xiamen.